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This is a list of selected October 21 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
; Trafalgar Day in various Commonwealth countries unreferenced section
Overseas Chinese Day in Taiwan refimprove, and Overseas Chinese does not mention this date
1520 – The islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (modern city of Saint-Pierre pictured) near Canada were visited by Portuguese explorer João Álvares Fagundes, who named them after the 11,000 Virgins. Referencing problems
1600Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the leaders of rival Japanese clans at the Battle of Sekigahara in what is now Sekigahara, Gifu, clearing the path for him to form the Tokugawa shogunate. unreferenced/refimprove sections
1805Napoleonic Wars: Lord Nelson signalled "England expects that every man will do his duty" to the rest of his Royal Navy forces before the Battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Spain's Cape Trafalgar. unreferenced section
1824 – English stonemason, bricklayer and inventor Joseph Aspdin patented Portland cement, currently the most common type of cement in general usage in many parts of the world. Aspdin: refimprove section; Cement: unreferenced sections
1921George Melford's wildly successful silent film The Sheik, which would propel its leading actor Rudolph Valentino to stardom, premiered. refimprove section
1950Korean War: The Battle of Yongyu began as British and Australian troops of the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade engaged in heavy fighting with North Korean forces. multiple issues
1956 – With the capture of Dedan Kimathi, the British mostly put an end to the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya, although the rebellion survived until after the nation's independence in 1960. Too much uncited
1969Siad Barre led Supreme Revolutionary Council forces in a military coup and established the Somali Democratic Republic. Coup - unsourced material ; Somali Democratic Republic (only has history, no other aspects of the country)
1981Andreas Papandreou began the first of his two terms as Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces. refimprove sections
1987Sri Lankan Civil War: Indian Army soldiers, belonging to the Indian Peace Keeping Force, entered the Jaffna Teaching Hospital in Jaffna and began killing at least 60 patients, nurses, doctors and other staff members. refimprove section
Hans Asperger |d|1980| Too many "needs updates" tags
Virginia Zeani |b|1925| Uncited paragraphs

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October 21

Aftermath of the Seongsu Bridge disaster
Aftermath of the Seongsu Bridge disaster
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